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|introduction = '''Pop Life''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s seventh album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], the second to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], and three months after the album's release, [[Single: Pop Life|Pop Life]] was released as the album's third single (second in North America). In 1993, it was also included as the second track on [[Prince]]'s first compilation album [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]] (also included as the first disc of [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). In 2006, '''Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)''' was included as the fourth track on the second disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]. | |introduction = '''Pop Life''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s seventh album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], the second to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]], and three months after the album's release, [[Single: Pop Life|Pop Life]] was released as the album's third single (second in North America). In 1993, it was also included as the second track on [[Prince]]'s first compilation album [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]] (also included as the first disc of [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]). In 2006, '''Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)''' was included as the fourth track on the second disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]. | ||
− | + | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 19|19 February 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California (after completing overdubs on [[Another Lonely Christmas]]). The recording session lasted until around 6:15 a.m. the following morning, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 20|20 February 1984]]. Band overdubs were added later the same day. [[Prince]] worked on the track further in mid-April 1984, most likely also at [[Sunset Sound]]. | |
Rumors have suggested that the booing crowd sampled in the song is from [[Prince]]'s infamous opening act for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones Rolling Stones], from October 1981, but the samples in fact come from a sound library set by the company Sound Ideas ([[Delirious]], [[Lady Cab Driver]], [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]] and [[Live 4 Love]] also use samples from this series, and the computer keystroke noises and computer confirmation beep, as well as the vault door sample heard throughout [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] are also from this series). | Rumors have suggested that the booing crowd sampled in the song is from [[Prince]]'s infamous opening act for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones Rolling Stones], from October 1981, but the samples in fact come from a sound library set by the company Sound Ideas ([[Delirious]], [[Lady Cab Driver]], [[Something Funky (This House Comes)]] and [[Live 4 Love]] also use samples from this series, and the computer keystroke noises and computer confirmation beep, as well as the vault door sample heard throughout [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] are also from this series). | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 19|19 February 1984]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 19|19 February 1984]] | ||
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[03_March 1986|3 March 1986: First Avenue, Minneapolis, | + | |first live appearance = [[03_March 1986|3 March 1986: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]<br> |
* [[14_April_2016-1|14 April 2016 (Show 1): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | * [[14_April_2016-1|14 April 2016 (Show 1): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = [[Parade Tour]]<br> | |performed regularly on = [[Parade Tour]]<br> |
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